Web 2.0 Implications for Libraries

There is an article entitled Library 2.0 Theory: Web 2.0 and Its Implications for Libraries in the June 2006 issue of the online review Webology.

Abstract:

"This article posits a definition and theory for 'Library 2.0'. It suggests that recent thinking describing the changing Web as 'Web 2.0' will have substantial implications for libraries, and recognizes that while these implications keep very close to the history and mission of libraries, they still necessitate a new paradigm for librarianship. The paper applies the theory and definition to the practice of librarianship, specifically addressing how Web 2.0 technologies such as synchronous messaging and streaming media, blogs, wikis, social networks, tagging, RSS feeds, and mashups might intimate changes in how libraries provide access to their collections and user support for that access".

Earlier Library Boy posts on Web 2.o:

• Law Practice Today Articles on Web 2.0 (January 8, 2006)
• Web 2.0 Awards (April 7, 2006)
• More on Government 2.0 and on Government Library 2.0 (June 18, 2006)
• Intranet 2.0 (June 19, 2006)
• Wikis in the Workplace (July 10, 2006)
• More on Wikis as Library Tools (July 26, 2006)